Jeffery D. Fisher, Ph.D, CRE

Director of the Center for Real Estate Studies and
The Charles H. and Barbara F. Dunn Professor of Real Estate Indiana University
Indiana University Kelley School of Business

Jeffrey D. Fisher, Ph.D. is Director of the Benecki Center for Real Estate Studies and Professor of Finance and Real Estate at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He served as President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) in 1990 and as the 1986-87 Chairman of the Real Estate Center Directors and Chair holders Association. He has served on the board of directors of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and the Real Estate Research Institute (RERI). He has completed numerous research projects that were funded by NCREIF, PREA and the Real Estate Research Institute. He received the 1992 PREA/Graaskamp Award for Research Excellence from the Pension Real Estate Association and recipient of the 1993 Alpha Kappa Psi Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence in Finance at the IU Kelley School of Business. He is a Research Fellow, member of the faculty and serves on the board of directors of the Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics, Maury Seldin Advanced Studies Institute and on the board of the Homer Hoyt Institute.

Dr. Fisher was a founding trustee of The Appraisal Foundation that was formed in 1987 by the major appraisal organizations as a self-regulatory organization and source of standards for the appraisal industry. In his capacity with The Appraisal Foundation he helped develop the content outline for the uniform national appraisal certification exam and helped develop the Uniform Commercial and Industrial Appraisal Report form.

Professor Fisher has a doctorate in Real Estate from Ohio State University. He is a coauthor of Real Estate, 9th edition published by John Wiley and Sons, coauthor of Real Estate Finance and Investments, 13th edition, published by McGraw-Hill, and coauthor of the following books that were published by Real Estate Education Company: Questions and Answers to Help You Pass the Appraisal Certification Exam, The Language of Real Estate Appraisal, Income Property Appraisal and Income Property Valuation. He also wrote the chapter on real estate which appears in Managing Investment Portfolios, 1st edition, for the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts (translated into Japanese by the Nikko Research Center, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) , a chapter on real estate appraisal for Managing Real Estate Portfolios, edited by Susan Hudson-Wilson and Charles H. Wurtzebach, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1994, and a chapter on performance measurement for The Office Building book, a joint publication of the Counselors of Real Estate, the Appraisal Institute and the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS. He is an associate editor of Real Estate Finance.

Dr. Fisher has published numerous articles in journals such as Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, The Journal of Urban Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Portfolio Management, National Tax Journal, Public Finance Quarterly, The Appraisal Journal, Real Estate Review, The Real Estate Appraiser and Analyst.